Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan, born on October 11, 1942, is an Indian film actor. Also called Big B and Shahenshah. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema

Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards and twelve Filmfare Awards. He holds the record for most number of Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare Awards. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament from 1984 to 1987.

Bachchan is married to actress Jaya Bhaduri. They have two children, Shweta Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek is also an actor and is married to actress Aishwarya Rai.

Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh Bachchan hails from a Hindu-Sikh family. His father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet, while his mother, Teji Bachchan was a Sikh-Punjabi from Faisalabad (now in Pakistan). Bachchan was initially named Inquilab, inspired from the famous phrase Inquilab Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle, but was re-christened Amitabh which means, "the light that would never go off." Though his surname was Shrivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan, under which he published all his works.

He is Aquarius.His horoscope has some remarkable and powerful rajyogas. Born in an Aquarius ascendant, Amitabh has Ketu in his ascendant and Rahu in the seventh house of marriage. Jupiter is exalted and very strongly placed in the house of popularity and fame.he is totally unpredictable. He can go to any direction without giving any advance notice. He is basically very restless and top class workers.

Amitabh has such a strong horoscope that he always come out of all difficulties in a better and stronger form. This Ketu dasha will make him more spiritual and in the spiritual field too he will make his mark.

He is friendly and fascinating people. He has in-depth knowledge about various subjects and he can converse with them for hours without getting bored. He is capable of giving a lot of love that can be amazing. He has a very broad outlook of life and he can relax in their presence. He will always welcome any one ideas and actions about humanitarian causes.

Bacchan is working on five releases in 2010 Teen Patti, Johnny Mastana, Alladin, Paa and Shantaram.